Revolutionary Parks: Conservation, Social Justice, and Mexico's National Parks, 1910-1940

by Emily Wakild

Winner of the Alfred B. Thomas Award (Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies)

Revolutionary Parks tells the surprising story of how forty national parks were created in Mexico during the latter stages of the first social revolution of the twentieth century. By 1940 Mexico had more national parks than any other country. Together they protected more than two million acres of land in fourteen states. Even more remarkable,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816529574
• ISBN13: 9780816529575
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"